Changan.

Xiao Jiwen has been going all kinds of things lately.

originally made a big determination to slaughter Zhou Shaoyu, but this thing couldn't be killed! After the incident, he came back and took revenge, causing a lot of trouble.

Immediately afterwards, the Tibetan envoy came to visit, but he came to take advantage of the opportunity to blackmail.

Then the troops were sent to Luoyang, and the result was? just won a big victory and broke through the first line of defense, but was forced to retreat due to Sun Shouren's attack.

The only thing that is more comfortable is that there has been no civil and military urging to recruit horses recently, after all, the 'assassination incident' not long ago will happen. Anyway, you have to avoid the limelight and don't hit the muzzle.

Since the expansion is not successful, it is necessary to prepare for defense, presumably Tubo will definitely attack the Western Regions at that time, and it will be necessary to send troops to assist at that time, so that it is impossible not to guard against Luoyang's fire phoenix taking advantage of the weakness.

However, before she could make arrangements, the surprising messenger came to visit.

"You are the thief's courtier? is obviously a talent, why do you help to abuse? Xiao Yuwen frowned, if she wasn't curious why Huofeng sent an envoy over at this time, she would definitely not have seen it.

It is not easy for a person under the command of Huofeng, to be a messenger, he must be a person who can speak the good way, and this appearance is indeed a bit Zhouzheng, it is even rarer. Huofeng really doesn't have this person, in fact, he is still borrowed from Bingzhou, and he has been hiding behind the scenes to assist in handling government affairs, but he has never shown his face in public, and it is very suitable to be seconded to Huofeng.

Hearing this, the envoy was neither humble nor arrogant, and arched his hand: "In the eyes of the princess, my lord is indeed a thief, but in this world, who is willing to be a thief unless it is absolutely necessary?" Let's ask, since ancient times, why are ordinary people always the first to rebel, it is not that the government is unbearable, the situation is erosive, resulting in the displacement of the people, no clothing, no food, and even such a horrific thing has happened repeatedly, at this point, let me ask the eldest princess, if you don't fight for a life, what should you do? If it is the same human life, does it deserve to be oppressed and starved to death?

As for aiding and abetting, since his ascension to the throne, my lord has worked diligently for the welfare of the people, so that the people can be stable, and they will have food, food, and clothing. ”

This is reasonable, but Xiao Sister-in-law was annoyed when she heard it, and she couldn't agree with it at all, and she scandalized that her ass decided her head, but it was probably just that, and she patted the armrest of the seat when she got up, got up and said angrily: "Presumptuous!" The people are in trouble, the court has its own laws and regulations to subsidize, if everyone is like you, the world is peaceful? And my Liang is the orthodoxy of the world, dominating the world for more than 300 years, it is the desire of the people, and all countries bow down, how can I allow thieves such as Er to be presumptuous! ”

"Hundreds of years ago, the Great Xia Kingdom also died." The envoy shook his head slightly, he didn't intend to be able to convince Xiao Jiwen, it was almost impossible, so he changed his words and said: "The princess has her own considerations, the princess is worried, and my lord also knows a thing or two, although the two parties are hostile, they may not have the possibility of cooperating to seek benefits." ”

"No way!" Working with thieves? Xiao Jiwen will never accept it.

The messenger did not pay attention to this sentence, and said bluntly: "No matter what the princess thinks, my lord promises that he will not take the initiative to attack." As for cooperation, there is no need for the princess's approval, with the wisdom of the princess, she will definitely know how to choose, and now my lord is preparing to conquer Jingzhou in the near future, as for how to fight, to what extent, it depends on how the princess acts. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yao's eyes narrowed, stared at the messenger for a long time, and waved her hand without saying a word, asking him to retreat.

If Huofeng sent an envoy over to ask for cooperation in attacking Jingzhou together, then Xiao Jiwen would definitely not agree. But what people mean is actually just to come and tell me. How to decide, or her own business.

In any case, this is a good thing for Xiao Jiwen.

If Huofeng attacks Jingzhou, it will also contain Sun Shouren, and at that time, Xiao Jiwen will lead the army west to defend against Tibet, and there will be no need to worry about the rear. So even if Xiao Jiwen doesn't do anything, she still earns it.

But on the other hand, it's also an opportunity.

At the beginning, the Zhennan General's Mansion was ordered to go north to defend against the Turkic invasion, and the defense of Luoyang was a success, although it suffered heavy casualties, but it also annihilated many main Turkic forces. However, in the end, Luoyang was taken away by Huofeng to take advantage of the fisherman.

At this point, the strength of the Zhennan General's Mansion has been greatly damaged, and although it has been re-recruited and trained after several years of cultivation, the overall strength has been greatly inferior to before. If Xiao Jiaowen or Huofeng attacked, maybe the outcome was not yet known, but if the two sides attacked together, Sun Shouren would be defeated!

Don't look at Xiao Yuyao's fierce fight in the south and north, and she is confident that she will eventually revive Daliang, but in the current situation, it is obvious that Gao Yuyao's side is the most powerful existence, and it is not just a star.

That is, Gao Yuyao needs to sort out the power in her hands, and she is not keen on recovering the territory, after all, her energy is limited. Otherwise, unless Gao Yuyao's army is all garbage, the other forces can be killed by employing people.

It has always been Gao Yuyao who has secretly used methods to stir up trouble among the major forces, but on the contrary, there are only a handful, and Xiao Yuyao also wants to weaken Gao Yuyao's strength, but she is not good at this and has never found an opportunity.

The Sun family has a future queen, and she will definitely stand on Gao Yuyao's side, weakening him is no different from weakening Gao Yuyao.

Originally, it was not good to attack and fight because of the same Liang in name, but with Sun Shouren's troops, he almost tore his face semi-publicly, and he sent troops back next, and he was also considered famous as a division.

It's just that although he never promised to cooperate, if he really took advantage of the fire phoenix to attack Jingzhou, wouldn't it be actual cooperation? Xiao Jiwen was slightly unable to overcome this hurdle.

But then again, it's a shame to miss out on such an opportunity. Not to mention how much Jingzhou territory can be laid, it is to be able to beat Sun Shouren to be honest, and it will be much more comfortable to fight against Tubo in the coming year. And if he goes to fight the fire phoenix again, Sun Shouren will also be more honest.

At the very least, at least I didn't promise to cooperate, but I just took the opportunity to make trouble according to the situation, and this fig leaf is still there.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yuwen was a little annoyed, and Huo Feng had already seen through this, so the messenger sent would say bluntly, she didn't need to agree, just the meaning of informing.

It's not a good feeling. But no matter how bad it is, what can it be?

On that day, Huofeng's side mobilized its army in the name of defense, but suddenly launched a surprise attack by 50,000 troops, and marched into Jingzhou and went straight to the three cities. Jingzhou is a rich land, unlike the original Chenghuizhou, a county only has a county seat, and Jingzhou has several county seats, so the three seem to be a lot, in fact, it is a half of the county.

Three days later, Sun Shouren's army was assembled to prepare for a counterattack, but he never thought that Xiao Jiwen would start to march on the Qianzhou side, showing a two-sided attack.

For a time, the overall situation was incomprehensible.

First of all, Xiao Yuwen attacked Huofeng, there is nothing wrong with this, as the princess of Daliang, she led the troops to attack the anti-thief, and no one could find fault with it. If it is according to the truth on the surface, even the Liang court headed by Gao Yuyao should be happy to see it.

However, it was at that time that Gao Yuyao asked Sun Shouren to attack and harass the rear of Xiao Yuyao, so that Huofeng escaped, at least most people in the world see it this way, after all, Xiao Yuyao had already won a big victory.

And again, Huofeng and Sun Shouren are naturally not allies, and they are even hostile in identity, but it is precisely because of Sun Shouren's attack that Huofeng avoids Xiao Yu's follow-up attack. From this point on, Huofeng should be grateful to Sun Shouren.

As a result, Huofeng didn't say a word, turned around and sent troops to hit Jingzhou by surprise.

This is not all, Xiao Jiaowen also took the opportunity to make trouble, the reason is also very simple, before the expedition, he denounced Sun Shouren, saying that his name is Shouren, which is really unkind, and conniving at the soldiers when sending troops will be a disaster for the place.

In fact, Xiao Jiwen didn't think about taking the opportunity to fight Huofeng, but after thinking about it carefully, since Huofeng dared to send troops to Jingzhou, she must be on guard on the border. In addition, the existence of the fire phoenix can also contain the Liang court a little, although she doesn't want to admit it, but Xiao Jiwen also has to admit that now she is no longer as pure as she used to be, otherwise, she will never give up the opportunity to attack because the fire phoenix can contain the Liang court.

However, all of these can be covered by a fig leaf called 'the big picture', which can be regarded as finding a step for yourself.

In terms of military strength alone, the combined strength of the two families definitely surpasses Sun Shouren, but whoever fights will not send all the troops out. Fire Phoenix's 50,000 troops is already the limit, because she is facing enemies on all sides except for the state side. Turkic, Gao Yuyao, and Xiao Jiwen all need to be guarded against.

Especially Gao Yuyao, once Sun Shouren is defeated, Gao Yuyao will definitely send troops to suppress the situation and relieve Sun Shouren's pressure by encircling Wei and saving Zhao.

The commander of this expedition to Jingzhou is Huofeng himself, supplemented by Qin Liangyu, and it is also to interfere with the line of sight so as not to expose Qin Liangyu's identity, not to mention anything else, Xiao Xiaowen alone recognizes her.

As for Xiao Jiwen, she sent 30,000 troops, from Qianzhou to Jingzhou, and the target was directly aimed at Yiling, in fact, in terms of direction, Wuling further south was more suitable as a strategic target, but it was too close to Tanzhou, and Xiao Jiwen subconsciously avoided it.

However, there are also advantages to Yiling as the goal, Yiling is not far to the east, is Jiangling, and to the north, you only need to go down to Dangyang, Yicheng, you can face Xiangyang!

And this move was in Zhou Shaoyu's arms, and on the same day, Zhou Shaoyu went out of Tanzhou and went straight to Wuling County in the name of helping Sun Shouren fight thieves, so Wuling was very embarrassed.

Although Wuling is south of Yiling, the distance is still very far, let alone Xiangyang. What's more, Xiao Yao's attack on Yiling is equivalent to cutting off the north and south, unless it goes around a big circle to Jiangxia in the east.

It is that Wuling County is completely isolated and helpless.

Of course, because of the fact that a total of 20,000 troops were stationed here in order to guard against Zhou Shaoyu, everyone knew that such a small number of troops would at most delay time so that Xiangyang could react and support, and now that he was facing the enemy alone, how could he be an opponent? It's only a matter of time before you lose.

As soon as Zhou Shaoyu sent troops, Wuling County immediately gathered all its troops and gathered in the county seat to prepare for strict defense, which also led to Zhou Shaoyu's easy and comprehensive acceptance of the rest of Wuling County's territory. Zhou Shaoyu is not stupid, he will not attack Wuling County.

Storming the city, not to mention the casualties, is not justified, after all, Zhou Shaoyu came in the name of helping the thief. Who else could it be? Of course, it refers to the fire phoenix, Xiao Jiwen? I don't know! Ignore it.

Sun Shouren, who is sitting in Xiangyang, has a big head, did this Nima stab the hornet's nest or what? Why are they all here?

Come to one, it doesn't matter, you can fight how you want, come to two, there will be losses, but you can barely deal with it, come to three? Wait for death!

Fortunately, Zhou Shaoyu has always paid attention to reputation, and since it is in the name of begging for thieves, he will not act rashly, and immediately sent a team of envoys to escort gifts to Jiangxia south into Wuling, saying good words, saying that there is no need for Zhou Shaoyu's help.

Zhou Shaoyu doesn't care, he just came to fight the autumn breeze, and when the gift was said, the righteous Ling Ran said some righteous words, and then he even talked about it one by one, saying that it was his own family, so there was no need to be polite. Then he said that for the sake of safety, he would not return to Shitanzhou first, and directly stationed outside Wuling City.

You're welcome! When the words came back, Sun Shouren's lungs were about to explode, do you dare to be shameless?

Angry, at least relieved, at least Zhou Shaoyu doesn't seem to be moving at will anymore. However, in the end, it still contained 20,000 troops, which is still the most intuitive. In fact, because of Zhou Shaoyu's actions, Jiangxia's troops did not dare to move lightly, who let it and Tanzhou be next to each other.

In this regard, Zhou Shaoyu said that Sun Shouren thought too much, even if Jiangxia had it at his fingertips, Zhou Shaoyu would not take it, but Jiangxia was next to Huizhou and protruded out a piece, which was too difficult to defend. And there is a lot of water in Jiangxia, and Zhou Shaoyu's sailor is not yet formed, so he can't keep it at all.

Don't say Jiangxia, that is, for Wuling, Zhou Shaoyu is not very interested, originally specially left an opening so that Xiao Yao's wife can fight Jingzhou, once Wuling is occupied, although Xiao Yao's wife still has space to fight Jingzhou, but the space is too narrow, and no one will rest assured.

Zhou Shaoyu's trip was completely to extort some benefits, and the other was to play a role in containing troops. In order to make the Jingzhou strategy more smooth, not to defeat Sun Shouren in one fell swoop, at least to keep him conservative.

In such a dangerous situation, Sun Shouren had to send people to ask Gao Yuyao for help, and it was too late for Gao Yuyao to send troops over, but if Gao Yuyao received the request for help and pressed Yuzhou with a large army, Huofeng would be able to retreat without a fight.

It's just that before that, the premise is that Sun Shouren can bear it.

Basically, he is not very afraid of the fire phoenix, and the fire phoenix's army has the lowest combat power, which is recognized, even if it is strengthened now, but it is also limited in strengthening. In the case of being pinned down by Zhou Shaoyu with tens of thousands of troops, Sun Shouren scraped together 80,000 troops, of which 20,000 went north to defend Huofeng, not seeking a counterattack, but only defending and delaying.

Then 30,000 went south, if it was in time, it would enter Yiling, and if Yiling had been obtained by Xiao Yuwen, it would enter Dangyang. As for the last 30,000, it is natural to defend Xiangyang, and the important land of Xiangyang is fundamental, and there must be no loss.

(End of chapter)